Glencrue
Townland in the civil parish of Castletownarra, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Gleann Creamha
- Area
- 26.3 ha
- 65 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 1,614 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencrue, from 61 m² to 5,019 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Jun 2026N/a
redevelopment works consisting of 1) demolition of existing dwelling, shop unit, forecourt canopy and all ancillary structures within the curtilage of the site, 2) construction of new replacement filling station facility comprising (i) single storey service building (423.5m sq gross internal floor area) incorporating convenience retails area, branded signage, food preparation/delicatesse, communal seating area, ancillary off-licence, ancillary post office area, customer toilet, back of house staff and storage accommodation, (ii) 2 no. dispensing pump islands incorporating new forecourt canopy structure with branded signage (iii) 1 no. remote off island dispenser, (iv) erection of double faced and internally illuminated totem advertising signage totem, 3) site works comprising the provision of bicycle and car parking including (EV) electric vehicle charge points and accessible parking bay, air and water service area, widening of existing vehicular entrance, landscaping, resurfacing of existing forecourt, Suds and attenuation measures, petrol interceptor, new boundary treatments(including construction of retaining wall structures) decommissioning of existing below ground fuel storage tanks and installation of new fuel storage tanks and associated ventilation stack and all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructure works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660602
18 Jun 2026N/a
1. demolition of existing dwelling house, shop unit, forecourt canopy & all ancillary structures within the curtilage of the site, 2. construction of new replacement filling station facility comprising (i) single storey service building (423.5m sq gross internal floor area) incorporating convenience retail areas, branded signage, food preparation/delicatessen, communal seating area, ancillary off-licence, ancillary post office area, customer toilet, back of house, staff & storage accommodation, (ii) 2 no. dispensing pump islands incorporating new forecourt canopy structure with branded signage (iii) 1 no. remote off island dispenser (iv) erection of double-faced and internally illuminated totem advertising signage totem, 3. siteworks comprising: provision of bicycle & car parking including (ev) electric vehicle charge points & accessible parking bay, air & water service area, widening of existing vehicular entrances, landscaping, resurfacing of existing forecourt, suds & attenuation measures, petrol interceptor, new boundary treatments, (including construction of retaining wall structures), decommissioning of existing below ground fuel storage tanks & installation of new fuel storage tanks & associated ventilation stack and all associated & ancillary site development and infrastructure works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660597
16 Dec 2024Conditional
the extensions to dwelling house and storage sheds to rear
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2461107
8 May 2024Conditional
extensions to front, side and rear of existing dwelling, external finishes to existing dwelling and to retain 3 No. existing domestic sheds/stores at rear of site, all as constructed
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 24103
26 Feb 2024Conditional
an extension to the side of existing house along with all ancillary site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460130
11 Mar 2022N/a
elevation changes made to the front elevation of the existing dwelling which includes an extension to the front and side of the dwelling and a new entrance porch, RETENTION PERMISSION for two extensions to the rear of the dwelling, a horse riding area, 2 no. horse stables sheds which has a total of 6 no. horse stables, a tack shed and all ancillary site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 22212
19 Oct 2021Conditional
elevation changes made to the front elevation of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211534
24 Sept 2021N/a
elevation changes made to the front elevation of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211420
23 Jan 2019N/a
the construction of 32 two-storey detached houses and associated site works. The development will consist of 9 no. three-bedroom houses, 15 no. four-bedroom houses and 8 no. four-bedroom houses with garage
Permission, 32 homes · Tipperary County Council, 19600046
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glencrue.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glencrue.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glencrue.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glencrue.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Glencrue, Portroe8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Glencrue · Gleann Creamha
- Area
- 262,629 m² (26.26 ha, 64.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castletownarra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Castletown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castletown electoral division: 1,497 people in 560 households; 79% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvaughan, Cloneygowny, Garranashingaun, Garrykennedy, Garrymacteige
- Placenames
- Glencrue on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.